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Vblock Dutch Is Mr Greenonit “If It Ain’t Green I Don’t Want It”

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Once you take time to understand this man’s struggle and drive to succeed, you will perhaps understand why he goes by so many monikers. Wearing many hats from MC, DJ, singer, producer and now he’s added author to his portfolio after recently penning the popular Memoir of Mr. Greenonit, a harrowing tale of his survival through major adversity.

A humble beginning in Jamaica was the setting for what he now credits his drive to. Stating in his book, “They say our surrounding environment plays a critical role in our personality’s formation. Some are born rich with their path well paved, others have luck to help them along the way, but the toughest are those who strive to break their own pathway to success”.

Dutch had a complex upbringing, born to mother Dee and father George, who had another wife Brenda, living under the same roof, the young shotta had to understand his mother leaving when he was only 3 due to the two wives constantly bickering, was a life-lesson in and of itself. While this would leave a lasting impression on him, he took what good he saw in his father and clung to it.

At the tender age of nine, he was lugging heavy speakers to venues for his father’s ‘Atomic HiPower’ dancehall sound system. The groundwork was set for his future music career, and his voice only got richer.

After sporadic run-ins with the law brought on him not just his own missteps but by a shadow cast on him from his father’s past as a street general and political figure, Dutch fled the harsh streets of Waterhouse, a notoriously violent ghetto located in Kingston 11 Jamaica, and migrated to the U.S in search of safety and a better life only to learn some ugly truths about the “American Dream”.

Family losses, Injuries, legal issues, racial discrimination, financial disappointments, and failures to remain monogamous could but did not break him. Writing and recording music became a way to keep his family fed and his behind off the streets. From working nine to fives to running with one of New Yorks’s most infamous drug crews he has always worked on finding a happy place for himself and his family.

2003 saw him recording demos at home, releasing a compilation album called “Tuneraiduz Presents” under the name Dutch Diamond. Jumping in and out of recording studios from Queens, New York to East Orange, New Jersey,Dutch was now collaborating with big-name artists like the late Heavy D, Shaggy, Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean pre-Fugees leading him to found his own record label VBLOCK ENTERTAINMENT.

In 2005 he arrived with his first studio album – Spark This – the last time he would embrace the name, Dutch Diamond. Now what gets interesting about this endeavor is that he pumped all his music from the trunk, skipping all thepublicity and interviews in a time that social media was at its infancy.

Introduce album #2 – Kingston 11 – homage masking the upbringing he endured in Waterhouse with upbeat mostly dancehall vibes.

2 years later, in 2019 he released his third album – Confessions of a Rudeboy – a more sober version of DutchDiamond, now going by the artist name Vblock Dutch, taking on the weight of the name of his record label, while trying to remaining out of the public eye. A faceless profile has allowed him to speak on relevant topics while remaining anonymous for security reasons, he wore a mask before

covid…

In 2020, after moving to Raleigh, North Carolina where he again over-achieved by building his state-of-the-art studio and releasing his 5th studio album – Yaadman Tings. The album was a success, spinning off multiple singles and music videos recorded both in Jamaica and in Raleigh NC. This album’s flavour can easily be attributed to his growth as a artist now comfortably balancing family life with issues that need airing out.

Showcasing his versatility in the Hip-Hop, Dancehall and Afro-Beat genres has allowed friends, fans, and even the average music enthusiast to get a better understanding of his life

influence, blending his Jamaican roots with his American experiences. The success of this album cannot be overstated: His main single from the album was picked up and added to the Billboard Top 20 Reggae chart, #1 in several countries’ “Tropical House Cruises to Jamaica Reggae compilation CD”,

featuring a plethora of Reggae’s top performers is proof that his work is paying off. His feature track #20 “Son Of A Beat”, an international banger, is a confirmation of his longevity.

What is so inspiring about this artist is that he repeatedly overcomes the odds placed in front of him. He is unabashed of his shortcomings but is proud to show how he turned his mistakes into life lesson successes and how he changed himself to improve a family, his own sound, keeping true to his Yaad culture and country.

2021 sees the release of his latest, and hopefully his greatest project, Mr. Greenonit, an 8 track Ep displaying his unmasked talent, then following up later in the year with Mr. Green On It the full length album. Along with the release of his new book “Memoir Of Mr Greenonit” out on Amazon Books and Kindle. What’s next?? Dutch hopes the true life accounting of his story will be brought to life in an epic movie thriller similar to ‘Belly’ or ‘Shottaz’ in 2022. Stay Tuned…….

Call him what you want, but if being wrong is right? Take a longer look. There is a whole lot to discover from this flawed but driven to being the best at becoming Mr Greenonit.

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Indian Singer MKB’s Single On “Meat Eating Animal Lovers” Is A Wacky Delight

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Double standards are toxic yet common in our everyday life. One such stand is from a group of people who claim to be animal lovers but reckon eating some animals as completely normal. MK Balaji aka MKB’s song takes a fun dig at this group through his song “Good Naai Bad Aadu” translating to Good Dog Bad Goat. The song is in Tamil – an Indian Language (has CC in English) but addresses a topic that can be related with the global audience.

Good Naai bad Aadu takes a comical stance at double standards that we see around us. At the surface it takes a fun jab at animal lovers who are meat eaters. At the core of it, Dog and goat represents the privileged and the underprivileged respectively.

The song has series of interesting small episodes that have funny & creative visuals. Vegans, vegetarians and non-vegetarians who dont call themselves animal lovers, would totally love this song, while the meat eating animal lovers might find it edgy.

The song has a laid back hiphop/trap groove, with some interesting music elements while the hookline “Good Naai Bad Aadu” is hummable and catchy. The song starts off on a subtle note with funny lines and transcends to powerful verses.

MKB is an Indian playback singer who has sung over 200 Indian films and Good Naai Bad Aadu is his first original which is released by the iconic Saregama Music label.

The song released a week back and has been viewed around a million times on Youtube. If you are sensitive meat eating animal lover, you might want to stay away from the song  But in totality, the music world needs more songs like these that is beyond love, dope or the F***

Official Music Video – https://youtu.be/8GajvNFO1YU
Apple music – https://music.apple.com/in/album/good-naai-bad-aadu/
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/track/1Ii0aTAYOKFOyCrMpJzzMo?si=9WAKiGbURNq7Kj9Lb-qM8Q

Lazy2real is creating a buzz for himself

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Broward County rapper takes his inspiration from his environment and finds joy in life

Deerfield Beach, Fla. Lazy2real is up and coming in the Broward County rap scene.

Lazy2real style is spare and energetic, free from auto-tuned overworking and too much sampling. It’s emblematic of many of the artists now emerging from Broward County, an area north of Miami which includes Fort Lauderdale and which is serving as a feeder to major South Florida clubs and DJ parties, not to mention the national thirst for fresh, uncharacteristic rap.

Lazy2real keeps good company here, which gave birth to the rap scene years ago with the likes of 2 Live Crew and Poison Clan and, more recently, Trick Daddy and Rick Ross. Of course, it takes a lot to stand out in this crowd, with current Broward County rap scene title takers including heavy hitters like Kodak Black Ski Mask the Slump God and Smokepurpp, not to mention Denzel Curry and Jackboy.

But Lazy2real charts his own unique course in Broward County, shying away from saccharine riffs and gimmicky haircuts to present a more honest, less processed version of today’s music and rapper aspirations.

Born to a Haitian family, Lazy2real started making music when he was 15, drawing inspiration from a huge number of artists. That inspiration mixes the usual talk about Glocks and hits with a much gentler side — a surprising love for life, his family, and the people around him.

You can see this in some of his more recent videos, where he’s gleefully playing toy guns with his son, or rapping with a mask pulled half down his face in a nearly vacant mall courtyard. That short video, for the song “Hit the Skrt!!,” has Lazy2real rapping in an almost juvenile joy which is far too absent from the scene today.

Lazy2real himself points out “Goin Bling,” a 2021 cut with disarming genuineness, as indicators of where he’s headed. “Flexin for the gram, he should be ashamed,” Lazy2real raps, while the video exemplifies that in full — Lazy and friends are driving in a Mercedes, flossing their teeth, wearing Michael Jackson t-shirts, and just generally goofing off.

This is about as aw-shucks as rap gets today, and means Lazy2real may be pointing the way to a new horizon for rap music, one that mixes more predictable street beats with disarming charm and personal conviction. 

“My music is about the environment I grew up in,” Lazy2real says. “I’m speaking on various topics in my music from personal problems to positive reviews on life itself.”

Like a lot of rappers in South Florida, Lazy2real spent a lot of hard time, both growing up and learning to live. Those hard times aren’t wasted, though: he’s repurposing them into new beats that are helping to define a new wave of rap in south Florida, one that is equal parts angst and a love for life. It will be very interesting to see where Lazy2real takes us.

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THE IKONIC LABEL GIVES THE MUSIC BUSINESS A LANE FOR THE LADIES

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With the music industry in a spiral. Harlem music producer Eleven Ego Crusher finds another endevor to promote female artists. Best known for his behind the scenes with Def Jam & Sony, Eleven the creator of the 1st All Female Music site and She Got Next has now created The Ikonic Label. A all female label even recruited a female staff Ms Chloe (A&R / Promotion) , Ashley Nyx (A&R / in house produce) and Issa (Project Manager). With mentors like Senior Publicist Leyla Turkkan (Atlantic Records & Def Jam and the legendary Nile Rodgers best known for his work with Madonna & Daft Punk. The Ikonic Label is steering for the Grammys and American Music Awards with they breakout artist Pretty Lyon single “Da Butt”. Eleven states “Nowadays there’s so many revenue streams for artists. Most don’t have the knowledge. They jus put they song in Spotify and iTunes and say they have a single out”. Ikonic have a different protocol from the average label. “The black woman is the most disrespected species on the planet, my job is to protect them and I have the perfect team.

Manager Ilir Hajrizi

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Ilir Hajrizi is the manager of singers, football players and boxers.

Since 2012 it is good with Events and with the management of athletes, artists and singers. The boxers that the manager still has or manages are: Felix Sturm, Axel Schulz and Bujar Tahiri.
The singers are: Ardijan Bujupi, Loredana, Sido, Bushido and Nico Santos. Artists are: Blerim Destani and Til Schweiger. Recent events have been Miss Germany, Box Events in Hamburg and Bielefeld.

He has been working with Life Magazine in Germany for 9 years and currently has a Collaboration with the well-known Gastronomer: Nusret Gökce.

Very soon from Mr. Hajrizi there will be some collaborations and events that are powerful.

J-Pop Indie Sensation Shihori Fuses Musical Eclecticism into a Fluid Think Piece with New Album, Mutation

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The 15-Track Debut LP Features New Single, “Under the Skin”

Available Now!

 With each song a piece of art unto itself, J-Pop indie sensation Shihori’s aptly titled new album, Mutation cleverly surmises her uncanny ability to fuse her eclecticism in music into a fluid think piece.

At 15-tracks strong, and available now, the dynamic debut LP features new single, “Under the Skin.” With her exquisite vocals clear, pristine, and with a touch of lilt that lands like the beauty of precious glass, Shihori shines on the track — its layered harmonies creating mesmerizing, siren-esque hooks that grab you from inside and refuse to let you go.

Weaving intricate melodies with pop culture edge, Shihori fluently mashes the harmonies with exciting instrumentation. Where she excels is her ability to lure you in and captivate you long enough to keep you around till the next track.

For example, among some of Mutation’s previously released breakthroughs “Perfect Imperfection,” “Jungle (Cyber Mix),” and “I Cover You” lays “Fire” — a song that breaks boundaries and incinerates all previous notions of what pop could do, be, think, or feel. Stomping its industrial beat over exciting rushing vocals, it mingles with effects, stripping back to raw and vulnerable, and challenges you to try and sit still. On “Fire,” Shihori dances between big ballad belts to spoken word, rap lyrics — a trick she executes flawlessly, both on the song and in its high voltage music video.

Hailing from Japan, Shihori’s venture into creating and developing music has been a precarious life-long process — and one that worked as an ability to relate to the world around her in a way she’d never understood prior.

Born deaf in her left ear, Shihori was also diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome (part of the Autistic Spectrum) at a young age. Seemingly trapped in her “isolation,” Shihori found the ability to break into her place in the world during a chance karaoke encounter with a group of school children. Her natural ability to perform would become the key that would unlock her.

And from that point forward, Shihori was destined for a life of music.

“I have rather considered my deafness as a ‘gift’, and the other ear is a ‘gift,’ as well, because my right ear has a perfect pitch by nature,” Shihori says.

Motivated by her love of song, despite a lack of formal musical education, she would go on to compose, learn, and listen to a variety of artists, honing and developing her craft. Her direction was fueled by passion, and her music became the words she’d never known how to previously articulate.

She’d found her voice.

Inspired by the all the anime she watched, and the classical works of Beethoven, whom she’d begun to learn as she began taking piano lessons, Shihori says these “unlikely bedfellows of vibrant pop and art music from the classical and romantic periods would come to shape the foundation of the music” she creates today.

Ultimately, Shihori would both move to Tokyo and sign with Lantis record label in 2007, going on to score her first Top 5 chart success with the single, “Never End Wonderland”. Her experiences living in the city, being a part of the new environment, and finding recognition in others who also struggled to discover their own identities shaped Shihori as songwriter, and a champion for acceptance of oneself. “As I was meeting new people and singing in new environments, my writing changed because I began to truly see the world and the hurt that is out there,” she says. “I felt the struggle.”

The young songwriter found herself with a higher purpose and a stronger calling: to provide words of love, support, and self-acceptance. “Why do I have to change my shape to be the same as everyone else? What’s wrong with looking different from others? I am not miserable!! I like how I was born!”

Her commitment to her creativity as an authentic storyteller coupled with the message on her heart granted Shihori a conglomerate of opportunities in the world of anime — including a commission to bring her songwriting abilities and talents to high-profile series such as Fairy Tale and The Irregular Magic at Highschool.

Shihori has also enjoyed international success performing lead vocals on composer Mason Lieberman’s charity single, “The Real Folk Blues,” which reached #6 on the Billboard World Digital Chart, as well as composing and performing the ‘Battle Queens’ theme song for the video game League Of Legends, which is closing in on 1 million Spotify streams.

These fruitful opportunities also land among some of Shirohi’s other major accomplishments in the industry, having collaborated with Kohei Tanaka (ONE PIECE) and Yoko Kanno (Ghost In The Shell). To date, Shihori has found incredible success on the Japanese song charts, with nearly a dozen of her songs selling more than 100,000 units each, achieving Gold-selling status in her home country.

“I have the desire to become one of the new role models of Asian women, to empower all the races, although not by being a stereotypical ‘cool Asian woman’ but more as being a super ‘Shihori,’” she shares. “I feel like I was destined to be here at this point in time, and to be involved in American society through my musical activity.”

In 2018, she would make the bold leap of faith to cross-over into the United States in an effort to pursue her musical journey. Her time in the US would primarily focus on a new creative process — developing her songwriting in English, in addition to touring across the country.

In Mutation, Shihori explores the struggle to evolve herself into her American version of Shihori through New York’s concrete jungles, and takes her music, melodies, and message to heights not yet discovered by the rest of the J-pop industry; she’s carving a path all her own. “Mutation is very diverse, and the songs showcase how I’ve mutated since I moved to the US in 2018,” Shihori reveals, adding, “Through those experiences [in life], ‘love who you are’ became the core message of my music…

“And now, I think America needs this message too,” she continues. “What does it matter if your skin color is white or black? What matters more is what your SOUL looks like.”

Get ready to shapeshift with an album that could be pop. It could be J-pop. It could be electronica, dance, world music, or, at the end of the day, is genuinely the Mutation of an artist who knows the only constant in music is change.

And she’s developing that change through a sound you can’t possibly understand to hear, until you dare to hear her lay it all on the song.

Mutation and “Under the Skin” are available now.

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All In Entertainment Music Group Signs New Deal With Universal Music Group

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A record label in Rockford, Illinois All In Entertainment Music Group signs new distribution deal with Universal Music Group in September of 2021. The label is known for its billboard charting artist Joanz & B3E and their hit “I’ll Say”. The company has plans on releasing a new music October 2021. Check out the label and the artist music on all streaming platforms.

Universal Music Group is the world’s leading music company. They own and operate a broad array of businesses in more than 60 countries.

Emma Quinones The Famous Singer And Dancer

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Artist Emma Quinones is a talented singer and songwriter from Monroe, New York. One of the areas hottest artists and musical talents, Emma Quinones’ music, tinged with themes of hip-hop and rap, is known for its beats, lyrics, and strong artistic style.

Quinones’ popular songs, including singles like Fake Friends, Cold War, Red Wine, and Unbreakable BOND, have attracted attention from artists and fans in the hip-hop and urban rap scene. Quinones has also collaborated with other area artists, such as Slim Spitta, to produce diverse lyrical tracks.

Kenny Buttons “The Gift” Changing Music One Genre At A Time

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Kenny Buttons’ growing catalog has established him as both a critical darling and an artistic powerhouse. As you might expect from an artist and producer of this caliber, his beats are rich and rewarding, while his voice is like exploding thunder, and he’s equally comfortable singing or spitting bars. His style is resonant, impacting and endearing, with one of the most iconic voices in the scene today. He’s capable, on any given song, of sounding like the greatest singer or rapper in the world. Moreover his songs sound amazing. Anything that Kenny Buttons decides to place his entirety into is going to be mixed, mastered and produced at the highest level.

The Bronx, NY native emerged on the scene a little over four years ago and quickly made a name for himself as an Artist/Producer that has the ability to make hit records. In the process he won a series of producer showcases, and sparked interest amongst industry executives and the artists, such as Swizz Beats, Obie Trice, Jim Jones, Fred The Godson, Nino Bless, Mass Appeal, Fashawn, and many more. Yet, to be fair, Kenny Buttons doesn’t get nearly enough credit for the emphatic run of incredible tracks his A quick listen to his 2017 EP “Means to an End”, will give you the measure of his versatile artistry right from the start. Kenny Buttons’ ability to bend genres and his voice, to make thorough and intricate songs made it one of the most enjoyable EP’s of that year, if you managed to lay your ears on it. And if not, now is the time to catch up. The recording is as relevant as it was then. It’s a perfect showcase for Kenny’s talents. The song “Criticize”, lifted from this Ep, was featured on the hit series Power.

Fast forward to today, and we discover Kenny Buttons doing yet another 90 degree turn, stylistically, on his brand new single “No Longer Welcome”. Kenny approaches reggae from a rap and soul perspective and interweaves fresh echoes of slow-burning dancehall grooves into the mix. It’s unlike anything you’ve borrowed your ears to this year. It is an easy listen with a warm and lush tonal palette, grounded by a hypnotic rhythm, and a booming vocal.

Kenny Buttons demonstrates his effortless creative bliss as well as his versatilities as a modern singer/rapper committed to a grand sonic palette. Kenny makes music that creates a state of euphoria in the listener, while his vocal presence provides grit, polish and cinematic sheen that rings out triumphantly on “No Longer Welcome”. The immensely talented Kenny Buttons once again demonstrates his ability to switch sonic and stylistic templates so effortlessly. It is one of his most enviable qualities.

With “No Longer Welcome”, Kenny Buttons proves that he’s an artist built to last and a musician who is seriously working his way to being among music’s elite – regardless of genre. Kenny sounds incredibly awesome here, given his extremely distinct pipes. Matched with his confidence and driving ambition, the results are nothing short of superb.

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Elliot Skyfall And His Song Passion Soars Past 150K Streams On Soundcloud

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Introduction

Elliot Skyfall is the one to make hits, bops, and jigs and it really showed on in his latest release SkuLL iSlaNd. The EP featured four new tracks PaSSioN, BaBy kEEmEd, OcEan RidErS, and SkuLL iSlaNd. It was released on September 10, 2021 making PaSSioN his biggest song on Soundcloud today. 

About PaSSioN

In the song Skyfall talks about many of his problems with the people around him. Finding real people and debating who to trust, Elliot caves in and decides to not have anyone around him and be the lone wolf. This topic is heavily talked about in the Hip-Hop scene with people not wanting to see other people succeed. He states that they say “they are proud of him” and “they always knew he would be here”, but after having fake friends his whole life his mind is in the habit of turning away from these people. The instrumental has a very dark and mean twist to it that really draws the listener in. The song as a whole is 10/10 and you can tell by the 

feedback Elliot has been getting as Well.

Other songs in the EP

There is a running theme in this EP that Elliot stays consistent on, but there are interesting topics he brings up on the tape. Skyfall talks about a love interest at the end of the album saying that all the enemies and fake friends are the reason she left him. Tying back around to the beginning of the Ep he talks about not trusting anybody anymore, he says in the last song that they all spit in his face and he is going to show them who he really is. Skyfall states that he is going to achieve his goals with or without people in his life and nobody is going to stop him.

Conclusion

Elliot Skyfall is on his way to being a household soon with how fast he is climbing. Many people are just starting to find out about him and the feedback he is getting is really amazing to see. We are in the beginning of the Skyfall Trails as he would say and we are ready for what is to come. 

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